What does that mean for your soup?

A few ideas for spring soups include: watercress soup, cream of asparagus, leak and potato, broccoli and Stilton, and our own red curry cauliflower soup. Cabbage and spring onions lend themselves to making soups with an Asian influence.

Soups to make with summer vegetables include: tomato soup, traditional minestrone, mixed vegetable soup, carrot and coriander, and one of our seven soup wonders of the world, Chlodnik litewski. Summer vegetables are great from making gazpachos, which in turn are great for escaping the summer heat.

Some great soups to make with autumn vegetables include: celeriac and apple, spiced pumpkin, our very own decadent cream of mushroom, leek and potato, and hearty autumn veg soup. Chowders are great for autumn days, when the weather starts to cool off. Why not try crab and sweetcorn chowder.

Soups are a great way to warm your cockles on a chilly winters day, why not try: creamy turnip, carrot and turnip, lemony lentil and turnip, cream of artichoke, spiced parsnip and swede and German style sweet and sour red cabbage soup. Winter is a great time to experiment with spices in your soup, both savoury or dessert.